Susan Millar DuMars' fiction writing classes

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

ADVANCED FICTION writing classes with the short story writer and poet, Susan Millar DuMars, will start on October 4, taking place each Friday from 2pm to 4pm, running for eight weeks.

Danielle Holian launches debut poetry collection

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

BEAUTIFULLY CHAOTIC, the debut poetry collection from Galway writer Danielle Holian, which explores sexuality, the trauma of sexual assault, heartbreak, feminism, and learning how to survive, has just been published.

Emily Cullen to launch new Skylight 47

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

THE POET and harpist Emily Cullen will launch the latest issue of poetry journal, Skylight 47, on Sunday September 8 at 5pm in The House Hotel, Lower Merchants Road.

From Millar to Mars to Susan

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 29, 2019

IN HER new collection Naked - New & Selected Poems, Galway writer Susan Millar DuMars presents a poetic landscape as cosmic as it is intimately personal, satiric, and fascinating.

Kevin Higgins' poetry workshops

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

THE ACCLAIMED Galway poet, Kevin Higgins, will host a series of poetry workshops, with classes for both beginners and experienced, in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.

Maeve Mulrennan goes Over The Edge

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

MAEVE MULRENNAN, head of visual art and education at the Galway Arts Centre, will be one of the readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday August 29 at 6.30pm.

Katherine Noone's nostalgia with a sting

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 15, 2019

KATHERINE NOONE came late to poetry. Born near Gort, she spent decades working as a nurse in New York before retiring to Galway where, as people do, she began writing poetry.

Jack Taylor and his battle with the Galway Girl

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

'GALWAY GIRL' has been the title of both a Steve Earle song and an Ed Sheeran song. The term is about to be put to better use by the award-winning crime writer Ken Bruen in his forthcoming novel.

Charlie Adley’s Craft of Writing course

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

GALWAY WRITER, columnist, and prize-winning playwright, Charlie Adley will host a new term of his popular Craft of Writing course in September, in the Westside Resource Centre.

Susan Millar DuMars' creative writing classes

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will teach a series of creative writing classes at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, starting in September.

Over The Edge Writer of The Year

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

FICTION WRITERS and poets are being called on to enter the 2019 Over The Edge Writer of The Year competition. The deadline for entries is Wednesday August 7.

Autumn creative writing classes

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

AUTUMN IS always a good time to take up that project, ambition, or idea you have long wanted to realise, and those interested in writing should take a look at the courses being offered in the Galway Technical Institute.

Poetry, song, and storytelling

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

THE AWARD winning author, poet, and playwright, Anne Marie Kennedy, and the much admired Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe, will join forces for a show at the Galway Fringe Festival.

Celebrate Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai in Galway

Thu, Jul 04, 2019

YEHUDA AMICHAI was probably Israel's greatest poet, and his poetry will be celebrated and read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in The Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum next week.

Read your story at the Westside open mic

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

THE WESTSIDE Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer Open-mic, probably the biggest literary open-mic event in Galway, returns on Wednesday July 10 from 6.30pm to 8pm.

How to live without technology

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

IT IS difficult to go a few minutes without being on your phone or obsessively checking your social media updates. One man, though, appears to have managed that, and has banished modern technology from his life altogether.

Over The Edge Fiction Slam

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

THERE ARE plenty of opportunities for poets to read their work in public, but far fewer for fiction writers, which is why the Over The Edge annual fiction slam, now in its 11th year, is such a valuable local institution.

The adventures of Jack and Adam

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 20, 2019

Three years ago a new children’s book, Wanted - The Adventures of Jack & Adam, was published. This was followed in 2017 by second and third instalments of the series, The Widow and The Blaze, in 2018 by The Old Town, and more recently with Mischa’s Secret.

Allison Anders Writers Masterclass at Galway Film Fleadh 2019

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

The 31st Galway Film Fleadh, in association with Gréasán na Meán Skillnet, are pleased to announce Allison Anders will be the subject of this year’s Writers Masterclass.

Power-point dad, mum in a blue wig

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 13, 2019

ALVY CARRAGHER is a compelling performer of her poetry; a writer who manages to combine sometimes emotionally explosive material with an almost whimsical light touch which draws the listener in.

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